Coffee and Cake

Have been making Boiling Broonie (Sp) ever since a lovely lady posted the recipe, sorry I can't remember who it was. A thick slice of that with a crisp apple is heaven!
When I lived in Germany, coffee and cake was my replacement lunch, often a pot of coffee and TWO slices of cake! Then there were the 'stand-up' coffee shops, selling lovely traybakes ( a sort of plum cake) AND then wonderful home-made cakes when anything ( and I mean anything e.g. the allottments nearby) had a birthday.
Made a delicious sponge over rhubarb for pud yesterday... Yum!
Crikey, I really am a cake-lover!!!!!
As for coffee (note to Jeni) had a lovely cup WITH scone, jam (their own) and clotted cream at Harvey Nics in Bristol the other day!

P.S. I'm confused... there now seems to be a Bagitha and a Bags, both with the same picture! What gives?

OGMI would be very tempted to jump on the train to Bristol just to buy HN's jam it is just scrummy..
nightowl I have cut you a slice it is on the counter in the kitchen,I am just popping out so enjoy !!!

ogm - It was me - how could you forget!

Never tried it with a slice of apple, but it sounds very yummy!

ogm Harvey nicks is at the bottom of wine st where I work. I don't go there as its too far to walk! What were you doing in our fair city? I have only been to Cabot circus once. I usually go to the mall where I can park and use my buggy!

glamma mmm that was scrumptious (licks fingers) yummy yummy, thank you I have washed up my plate and cup and left the kitchen clean and tidy mmm thanks again

Thank you so much Glamma - that was yummy - may I place a regular order - say once a week?

coffee dosent like me so I will have tea and a great big slice of moist carrott cake any going spare..xx

This is like being in cake heaven. Can I stay here forever without getting fatter fat?

Forgot to mention that DD and DGS and DGD came round after school yesterday and DGS brought rock cakes with him that he'd made at school. He is 13 but completely "cool" about cooking - and the cakes were absolutely delicious. A new Jamie in the making?

Butter so sorry, how could I forget! (You have made such a positive impact with your recipe, I feel another bake-up coming on).
Jeni returning a Duvet Cover that didn't fit (From House of Fraser NOT Harvey Nicks!) Was bimbling about not wanting to go home so Harvey Nicks called..... scone etc only £3.50 coffee more , of course!
I often go into Bristol, Cribbs, Clifton etc.... makes a change from Bath!

nightowl & kitty I do a cake bake every Thursday morning so you are welcome anytime after 2pm for tasting session. and anyone else who feels inclined are welcome.

OOOH thanks glamma I'm there!!! I will bring a lovely selection of teas and coffees to share with all who come. And the best bit is that all this is completely calorie free so none of us needs to worry about putting on an ounce of weight

(Well, not calorie free for you glamma but I don't think you have to worry about your weight, I have a picture of you in my mind as very gorgeous indeed!)

nightowl I'm not very gorgeous at the moment I have just dried the mane and it is piled up on top looks like "not tonight Josephine" and have just put on joggers and T-shirt after being caught in rain when I was planting some pots out in the front garden,so completly make-up free "au-naturel"

Au naturel - the best kind of beauty glamma

Glamma wish I lived near you for your Thursday cake bake. I have just bought Marian Keyes book"Saved by Cake" fabulous recipes. I am going to start baking regularly, but not sure how it works with WeightWatchers!

glamma, I may have to hop on my broomstick one of these days and materialise in the Wirral!

glamma - I'll call in after my Sainsbury's shop. I need sustenance then!!

butter just back from cribbscauseway, very helpful infant at apple showed me how to do useful things on my new mac! Such as auto fil and cut and paste!
He a.so installed the right driver for my printer so I should be able to print the eticket for my cruise!
Not helpful at O2 where I was trying to upgrade to a iPhone!
Will wait until 14may when my contract ends and use apple to upgrade it!

Goldengran make the cakes and invite all us GNers to share then you won't be tempted to eat to many

Coffee and cakes are my downfall in the weight watching. Rich fruit cake -maybe with a slice of cheese,Lemon Drizzle cake,Flapjack .I feel a bake-in coming on!

Just when I'd decided to start a much needed diet (been comfort eating through dad's downturn), one of my lovely friends at exercise class brought me 4 very chocolatey chocolate cupcakes to cheer me up! Four!!!

She is a wonderful cake baker, and it would have been very rude to refuse.
They were smothered in thick choc cream too!

So far I've wolfed down nibbled one,and put two in the freezer, but the last one is calling to me from the kitchen!

Just call me FATTY.

nanaC after the "bake in" on Thursday am and the over risen lemon cake I had to cut in half and send down to DDs for DGCs after school snack,the other half has spent the last two days calling "eat me" every time I go into the kitchen but I have got to think of my best friends wedding in September and if I carry on having a slice I will not get into my posh frock !!! I may just decide to have the last to-morrow after lunch and then banish all kinds of lovely cakey stuff from my house until after September,but come next week I may have had a change of heart as I have promised to do a bake for school funding party (I always get volunteered into it but I do love to do it)

Let's face it Glam we just love cake!

Hi all but specially NanaChrissy. I have just signed up to GransNet and we both follow the same threads apparently. Has anyone tried Lisa Faulkner's recipe for Fantasy Cake? Absolutely nana-proof and delicious.